The Lannan Literary Videos series

(Alphabetical Order by First Name )
  1. Adrienne Rich

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       This poet has revolutionized poetry and the cause of woman-centered
       culture. She reads from An Atlas of the Difficult World, Diving into the
       Wreck and The Fact of a Doorframe and speaks with Michael Silverblatt in
       Los Angeles on May 14, 1992. From the Lannan Literary Videos series. 60
       mins.
     

  3. Alice Walker

  4.    Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker is most famous for novels like The Color
       Purple. In this video she reads passages from that novel, along with works
       from Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems, Horses Make a
       Landscape Look More Beautiful and The Temple of My Familiar. It was
       recorded on January 9, 1989, in Los Angeles, but the interview was
       conducted by Evelyn White at Walker's northern California home. From the
       Lannan Literary Videos series. 60 mins.
     

  5. Allen Ginsberg

  6.    As the bard of the Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg helped revive American
       poetry in the 1950s. In this video, his reading and musical performance of
       poems from Collected Poems 1947-1980 is captured as it was
       experienced on February 25, 1989. Lewis MacAdams conducted the
       interview. From the Lannan Literary Videos series. 90 mins.
     

  7. Carolyn Forche (2/12/90)

  8.    Reading from Gathering the Tribes and The Country Between Us along
       with works in progress, Forche underscores her interest in the brutal
       events of the 20th century. Recorded in Los Angeles on February 12, 1990,
       this video includes an interview with this Lannan Literary Fellowship winner,
       conducted by Lewis MacAdams. From the Lannan Literary Videos series.
       65 mins.
     

  9. Carolyn Forche (5/24/94)

  10.    This Lannan Literary Fellowship-winner reads the entire text of her work
       The Angel of History. It occurred on May 24, 1994, in Los Angeles. In
       addition, she spoke to Michael Silverblatt about her enduring concerns with
       the traumatic events of our time. From the Lannan Literary Videos series.
       94 mins.
     

  11. Czeslaw Milosz

  12.    Czeslaw Milosz won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. He read from
       Selected Poems, The Separate Notebooks and Unattainable Earth in Los
       Angeles on September 12, 1988. Lewis MacAdams interviewed this poet,
       novelist, critic and philosopher born in Lithuania. From the Lannan Literary
       Videos series. 60 mins.
     

  13. Denise Levertov

  14.    Denise Levertov, though born in England, has become an important
       American poet, essayist, editor and teacher. In this video she reads from
       Evening Train and from some of her unpublished works. The reading took
       place in Los Angeles on December 7, 1993. From the Lannan Literary
       Videos series. 60 mins.

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  15. Eavan Boland

  16.    A major Irish poet, Eavan Boland explores the relationship between gender,
       art and national identity. She read from In a Time of Violence and Outside
       History on November 16, 1994, in Los Angeles. She also spoke with poet
       Eloise Klein Healy, author of Artemis in Echo Park. From the Lannan
       Literary Videos series. 60 mins.
     

  17. Galway Kinnell

  18.   Galway Kinnell is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and of a 1983 American
       Book Award. In this video, he reads from his books What a Kingdom It
       Was, Body Rags, The Book of Nightmares, Mortal Acts, Mortal Wounds,
       The Past and Selected Poems in Los Angeles on April 18, 1988. Lewis
       MacAdams conducts the interview. From the Lannan Literary Videos
       series. 60 mins.
     

  19. Gary Snyder, Vols. 1 & 2

  20.    Influenced by Zen and other elements of Eastern culture, this winner of the
       Pulitzer Prize is one of the United States' most highly regarded poets. He
       read from Axe Handles, Left Out in the Rain and unpublished manuscripts
       on December 12, 1988. Lewis MacAdams conducted the interview. From
       the Lannan Literary Videos series. Two volumes. 60 minutes each.
     

  21. Joy Harjo

  22.    As a member of the Muscogee (Creek) nation, the poet Joy Harjo draws on
       the experience of her people. This winner of an American Book Award read
       from She Had Some Horses and In Mad Love and War in Laguna Beach,
       California, on February 18, 1989. Lewis MacAdams conducted the
       interview. From the Lannan Literary Videos series. 60 mins.
     

  23. Louise Gluck

  24. Louise Gluck, winner of the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award, reads
       excerpts from her books Firstborn, Descending Figure, The House on
       Marshland and The Triumph of Achilles in Los Angeles on April 4, 1988.
       Lewis MacAdams interviews her. From the Lannan Literary Videos series.
       60 mins.

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  25. Robert Creeley

  26.    This co-founder of the Black Mountain poetry movement reads poems from
       his Collected Poems, 1945-1975 and Mirrors, Windows, as well as work in
       progress in this video. Recorded on April 16, 1990, this tape also includes
       an interview of the poet conducted by Lewis MacAdams. From the Lannan
       Literary Videos series. 60 mins.
     
     

  27. Seamus Heaney

  28.    Ireland's complex, violent past informs Seamus Heaney's poetry. He reads
       from Selected Poems 1966-1987 and also speaks with Michael Silverblatt
       for this video. It was recorded on October 15, 1991, in Los Angeles. From
       the Lannan Literary Videos series. 60 mins.
     

  29. Sharon Olds

  30.    Sharon Olds' first book, Satan Says, won the inaugural San Francisco
       Poetry Center Award, while her next book, The Dead and the Living, won a
       National Book Critics Circle Award. Ms. Olds read from the latter book and
       from The Gold Cell on April 8, 1991, in Los Angeles. Lewis MacAdams
       conducted the interview. From the Lannan Literary Videos series. 60 mins.
     
     

  31. Thom Gunn

  32.    Born in England, Thom Gunn has lived in northern California since 1954.
       His austere poems of love and death testify to his mastery as a poet. In this
       video he reads from his Collected Poems and talks with Wendy Lesser,
       the founding editor of The Threepenny Review. The interview and reading
       took place on October 18, 1994, in Los Angeles. From the Lannan Literary
       Videos series. 60 mins.
     
     

  33. W.S. Merwin

  34.    This winner of the Pulitzer Prize is a poet, playwright, translator and
       activist. He read from Selected Poems and Rain in the Trees in Los
       Angeles on May 16, 1988. Lewis MacAdams conducted the interview. From
       the Lannan Literary Videos series. 60 mins.

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